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No. 393,298. I Patented Nov. 20, 18.88.

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BABY CARRIAGE. No. 393,298.

Patented Nov. 20', 1888..

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SPECIFICATION ,forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,298, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed February 9A 1588.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE DoANn, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Harwlchport, in the county of Barnstable, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby-Carriages, of which the following is so full, clear, and exact a description as will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and usc the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side 'elevation of a carriage provided with my improvement, which in this instance is carried into practice by means of a flexible hammock or mattress,which is semirigid,and which is adapted to be concealed beneath the back of the seat. Fig. 2 shows a carriage provid ed with myimprovement, which in this instance is extended to form a bed or hammock. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a babycarriagashowing the construction of the box, its adaptability for the reception and accommodation of the hammock, and the hammock itself folded up out ofthe way under the seat,whcre it is put when not in use. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a portion of a side of a carriage, showing the manner of securing the hammock to the carriage. Fig. 5 is a view of the hammock secured to the carriage in such a way that its tension may be adjusted and regulated at will. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional View, with parts broken away, showing thel manner of securing the fiexible bed-bottom to the seat, and showing the arms secured to the back part of the carriage and to the rear of the seat.

The object of my invention is to construct a baby-carriage which shall be a combination of the ordinary seat with an adjustable flexible bed formed of strips placed transversely within the carriage and secured together by webbing or other suitable flexible connection, and a false back standing in front of the ordinary back portion of the carriage at an angle to the line of the bottom of the seat and at an angle to the back portion of the carriage,and asufcent distance therefrom to facilitate the storing-of the iiexible bed within the space between the false back and the back proper, or underneath the seat, or both.

In order to secure these results it is found desirable to construct the false back or front piece to be of just sufficient length to reach the Serial No. 263,481. (No model.)

top of theseat to permit thesliding under of the bed. In order to facilitate the conversion of the carriage into a bed, I provide slots along the inside of the carriage to support the iiexible bottom when it is made of slats. When it is made of canvas,it is secured in any suitable manner over the box and around its edges, but preferably in the manner shown and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A designates a carriagebody, the interior of which is provided with the usual seat, B. Above and back of the seat is an open space, C, which is between the back E and the false back F. Located within this recess is a flexible mattress, G, which is made of strips g g, secured together by an elastic webbing, h. The interior of the carriage-body A is provided with guides H, upon which is adapted to slide the iiexble bottom G. By reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed that the carriage-body is provided with perforations a a. These perforations are adapted to receive loops z' i on the iexible bottom G, which in this instance is formed of canvas. To one side of the canvas bottom or mattress I secure coiled springs c e. The loopsfi i are extended through the perforations c c, and are held in place by the cable J, which is adapted to extend through the loops z' t after they have been put through the perforations a a, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4. In the device shown in Fig. 3 the flexible bottom shown in Fig. 2 is folded up and put under the seat, where it is entirely out of the way. By lacing the hammock, as shown in Fig. 5, it can be secured within the carriage-body and drawn up to any desired degree of tension with comparatively little or no inconvenience.

In the construction shown in Fig. 6 the iiexible mattress G is attached to the back of the seat and is operated by the seat exclusively by sliding the mattress and seat back and forth at will. It will be readily understood that in this way the seat itself forms a portion of the bedbottom when the seat and exible mattress are extended horizontally and in a plane with each other. The supports M M are made of any suitable material, and may either fold or slide, and are operated by and under the seat, and constructed of sufficient length to meet the usual requirements.

I. wish to be distinctly understood as not IOO limiting myself to the exact construction shown and described, as many of the details of con struction may be varied Without departing from the spirit of my invention and Without in any way interfering with its usefulness.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a device of the character described is adapted to be used with all grades of childrens carriages, and a, bed and carriage colnbined may be provided in any case to meet the demand of a customer and proportionate to the value of the carriage or taste of the purchaser. If found desirable, the canvas cover may extend entirely over the whole of the carriage-body.

Having now described the objects, uses, and advantages of my i nvention,what I believe to VALENTINE DOANE, JR.

ViLiiesses:

N. SUMNER MYRICK, ARTHUR A. HAYDEN. 

